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-[[Psychedelic Assisted Therapy]] has received a lot of attention and recognition recently, but its origins date back to the late 1940s. For close to twenty years, psychedelics such as [[LSD]], [[mescaline]], and [[psilocybin]] containing mushrooms were considered to be invaluable tools for advancing the understanding of the mind, as well as treating mental illnesses before almost all research was halted at the end of the 1960s. Alan Watts was quoted as saying, //"LSD is simply an exploratory instrument like a microscope or telescope, except this one is inside of you instead of outside of you."//+[[psychedelic therapy|Psychedelic Assisted Therapy]] has received a lot of attention and recognition recently, but its origins date back to the late 1940s. For close to twenty years, psychedelics such as [[LSD]], [[mescaline]], and [[psilocybin]] containing mushrooms were considered to be invaluable tools for advancing the understanding of the mind, as well as treating mental illnesses before almost all research was halted at the end of the 1960s. Alan Watts was quoted as saying, //"LSD is simply an exploratory instrument like a microscope or telescope, except this one is inside of you instead of outside of you."//
  
 Most current psychedelic research is focused on reproducing the results of the research from the 1950s and 1960s, with updated (double blind) scientific methods, and using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to better see and understand what brain regions are affected. Most current psychedelic research is focused on reproducing the results of the research from the 1950s and 1960s, with updated (double blind) scientific methods, and using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to better see and understand what brain regions are affected.